Monthly Archives: September 2017

As we’ve noted here before, you never really know when or where you will find something of value. Most of our Thoughts for the Day come from books or speeches or something else written. Some we were at when they were … Continue reading →

I wish I could’ve been something they could’ve been. -Delbert Burkett Delbert Burkett is a convicted felon currently serving a 40-year sentence in a geriatric prison facility in Texas. Today’s Thought came as he was being interviewed for a documentary … Continue reading →

Notes from around the Human Experience… USA! USA! Even before Donald Trump earned the White House we said he would be as embarrassing a president as he was as a candidate. We were right. The only hope, we added, was … Continue reading →

Good morning. Everything you read here comes from the heart. There is no other reason for a writer to ply his trade. If a writer does not believe in every word he commits to paper he is not writing, he is … Continue reading →

The Bottom Ten/NFL Week 5 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy Much like cancer treatment, there are waypoints on the road to The Dan Henning Trophy – symbolic of NFL Bottom Ten supremacy. One is the Week 5 survey when … Continue reading →

Notes from around the Human Experience… LEADING OFF: Usually this feature focuses on one item for the first half, before diving in with your treasured On This Date, Trivia and Quotebook features. Today though, we have a few things to cover. … Continue reading →

The Bottom Ten/NCAA Week 5 By Gaylon Kent America’s Funniest Guy Next loser up. It happens every year in the race for the ESPN Cup: one team wins and drops while another teams takes advantage and moves up with a … Continue reading →

It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness. -Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, among other things the founder of the University of Virginia and the third president of the United States, is an interesting animal. Or. … Continue reading →

Notes from around the Human Experience… HUT, HUT PROTEST: The Great NFL National Anthem Protest Saga continues, with the number of players protesting this past weekend going from a trickle to a stream. Anthem protests in the NFL started last … Continue reading →

The usual suspects today, dear readers, The Daily Dose and The Thought for the Day. The Daily Dose It’s hardly even news anymore, really, the innocent being released from prison. It’s kind of like shootings in this country, there are so many … Continue reading →